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There are lots of sales tools to help you. There are lots of sales tools! We’ll each be recommending 6 sales tools for B2B sellers. Shorten the sales cycle. Prepare for the most effective sales calls. Motivate your sales team.

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Today is the first day of 2012. Looking to my overall sales goals, I was for the most part on target. Goals that were not achieved and been revisited, reworked and are on my 2012 action plans. What do you want to achieve in 2012? Happy New Year!

Rich Eldh kicked off the general sessions at 1:00 on Tuesday, May 22 stating that marketing and sales aligned companies enjoy 5.3 This year's SiriusDecisions Summit was attended by over 1,100 executives and had to be their most successful event yet. While there, I heard that they plan for 1,500 attendees next year. times more revenue and 6.2 times the profit of average firms. Here are some key takeaways from the summit: The role of teleprospecting is more important than ever.

Once upon a time, all sales managers were sales people. Most sales reps are type “A” personalities; they are driven and competitive. Sales managers still crave the opportunity to shine and be recognised in front of their peers.